Diversified Companies Striving to Capture the Benefits of Synergy Between

Multiple Choice

Diversified companies striving to capture the benefits of synergy between separate businesses have to be aware of all of the following challenges EXCEPT

A) giving business-unit heads full rein to operate independently.
B) having pieces of strategically relevant activities and capabilities scattered across many departments, with each pursuing its own priorities, projects, and agendas.
C) centralizing performance of functions requiring close coordination at the functional level.
D) serving the interests of individual businesses and not the company as a whole.
E) forming cross-business strategic fit by enforcing close collaboration.